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No. 229,857. I Patented July 13, I880.

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ORRIN N. BRAINERD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BOX-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,857, dated July 13,1880.

Application filed October 31, 1879.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, .ORRIN N. BRAINERD, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inEgg-Carriers, of which the and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to the means of attaching the cover on an egg boxor case so that it will be firmly held in place and be capable of readyremoval when desired. My improvement consists in attaching cleats to theends of the lid and to the ends of the box, the latter havingrectangular notches receive a headed pin at one end of the lid and acrank-formed catch upon the other end, as will be more fully describedhereinaftvr.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the lidelevated above the box, with part broken 'awayto show the crankformedcatch. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the lid and upper part of thebox.

A is the box. This is made in -the usual 'Way, with two compartments, aa, or otherwlse.

' B is the lid or cover, having cleats or slats b b attached to itsends. To the slat or cleat b is attached a headed 'pin, U. The pin ispreferably made with simply a round head, 0, flat upon the upper side,which engages under the cleat'D attached to the end of the box A,

1 the pin-shank entering the groove 61 in the such a way that cleat. Thecatch 0 may, however, be made of any desired shape or form that willhave a like engagement with the cleat D. V

The catch 0 is attached to the cleat b in it may be turned to the rightor left when the lid is to be secured to or taken from the box. v

The cleat D (which is attached to the opposite end of the box from thatD) has a corresponding groove or slot, 01, to receive the shank of thecatch or button 0,

In putting the lid on, the pin or catch 0 is first made to engage in thenotch or groove d catch 1) is then turned one-fourth around, en-

of the cleat D or D, the catch 0 being in the position shown in Fig 2.The lid may be put on either way. The lid is then brought in contactwith the box, the shank of the button or catch (3 entering its groove01. The

gaging beneath the slat D or D, as the case may be. The pinO'is firmlyfixed in the end 'projectin g above cleat, b, of the lid, and the catch0 is secured in its cleat b so as to turn therein, being held therein bya head, 0.

In place of making the catch 0 to simply turn in the cleat, it may bemade to screw therein; but I prefer the former arrangement.

The advantage of this improvement in the Way'of attaching the cover overthose now in use is that the case will stand much more knocking aroundand rough handling without the cover being torn off by the slats orcleats splitting or from other causes; also, the lid may be put on thebox either way.

A catch, 0, may take the place of the headed pin 0, so that there willbe a catch, 0, at both ends of the lid.

I am aware that it is not new to construct boxes with fasteningscomposed of a wire or rod secured at the lower end to the box andadapted to engage with the lid-of the box and lock it in position. Such,however, I do not claim, as in all such devices with which I amacquainted the locking-pin is secured at its lower end to the end of thebox, its upper end the top of the box, and when the lid is removed suchprojection of the locking-pin would be very objectionable. As it wouldbe in the wa* of passers-by, it would be liable to become knocked off orbent, and thus lose it usefulness. By my arrangement, however, there isnot the same danger of the locking-pin becoming useless or injuring theclothing or person of passers-by, because the upper end of the pin issecured to the under side of the lid and is removed entirely out of theway on the removal of the lid. Another diflerenee is that I lock the boxby the engagement of the pin with a cleat upon the end or ends of thebox, while in the devices with which I am acquainted the locking iseffected by a pin projecting upward from the box itself and engagingwith the lid.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The box-fastening constructed as herein-described, consisting ofrotatable downwardlyprojecting L-shaped wire or wires 0 G, engagingunder a cleat or cleats, D D, notched or slotted from .top to bottom toreceive the said rotatable wires or hooks, as and for the purpose setforth. I

ORRIN N. BRAINERD.

Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, GEo. H. KNIGHT.

